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Re:Chelsea Manning Can Remain in Jail for Another Year, Judg... by noobiemcfoob on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @01:54PM (#20637109)
Can a court coerce a murder witness to testimony with imprisonment?
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Re:Chelsea Manning Can Remain in Jail for Another Year, Judg... by magduf on Thursday August 08, 2019 @11:24AM (#20645396)
In the US, no. The 5th Amendment protects defendants from being coerced into self-incrimination. I was just pointing out how his comment really made no sense here at all, since this article isn't about a criminal being coerced into testifying against themselves (which again is illegal per the 5A), but rather a witness being coerced into testifying when they don't want to for some reason.
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